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Other (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2015
Mar. 30, 2014
Dec. 28, 2014
Other Expense [Line Items]      
Severance costs $ 1,500,000us-gaap_SeveranceCosts1 $ 3,100,000us-gaap_SeveranceCosts1  
Severance liability 22,600,000us-gaap_SupplementalUnemploymentBenefitsSeveranceBenefits   34,600,000us-gaap_SupplementalUnemploymentBenefitsSeveranceBenefits
Pension settlement charge 40,300,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanSettlementsBenefitObligation    
Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal expense 4,697,000nyt_PensionWithdrawalExpense 0nyt_PensionWithdrawalExpense  
Charge for early termination of distribution agreement   2,600,000us-gaap_GainLossOnContractTermination  
Advertising expense 21,400,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense 22,000,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense  
Depreciation expense 14,844,000nyt_Productionandnonproductiondepreciationandamortizationexpense 20,092,000nyt_Productionandnonproductiondepreciationandamortizationexpense  
Capitalized Computer Software Costs [Member]      
Other Expense [Line Items]      
Depreciation expense $ 2,900,000nyt_Productionandnonproductiondepreciationandamortizationexpense
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_ComputerSoftwareIntangibleAssetMember
$ 7,500,000nyt_Productionandnonproductiondepreciationandamortizationexpense
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_ComputerSoftwareIntangibleAssetMember